the u.s. military as it gave control officially to iraqis and stepped back into the supporting role. but biden told "today" show's matt lauer it doesn't mean the u.s. forces are now out of the fight. >> we still have 50,000 troops in place who can shoot straight, who are totally capable of combat if that became necessary in the interim. >> well, the president is now making a quick pivot to the next foreign policy challenge. it is a big one. posting the first big face to face talks between israeli and palestinian leaders in two years. mike baa caro is joining us here with the latest. >> reporter: peace between the israelis and arabs is a goal that has frustrated the presidents since 1947, but this is the scene of one in 1979 where jimmy carter and anwar sat here on the front of the white house lawn. and today george mitchell is telling reporters that there's a window of opportunity now for a two-state solution between the israelis and the palestinians. the first direct talks in almost two years. the first thing on the table is some short-term business. that settlement moratorium on t

down for an exclusive interview with president ahmadinejad inside tehran and she joins us this morning. andrea, it was a fascinating interview, what were your impressions? >> well, he is certainly tough and not backing down at all. not backing away from a fight, confronting the united nations and the rest of the world, particularly of course the united states. and saying that the u.n. watch dog agency, the nuclear watch dog agency has no right to force its inspectors or to choose the inspectors to go to iran. this is important because the inspectors that they have kicked out of iran are the two top experts on all of this, the two people best trained to know whether they are in fact hiding some weapons components or some startup for a weapons system rather than a peaceful nuclear program that that claim. talking about his resistance to the sanctions and his view that the sanctions are not hurting. >> translator: i would like to say that our nation does not need to play hide and seek whatsoever. even if the u.s. administration increases the sanctions 100 times more, and even the european

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